Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard CohenVersion1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
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It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now
I hope you're keeping some kind of record
CHORUS 1:
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
CHORUS 2:
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake she sends her regards
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
CHORUS 3:
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Sincerely, L Cohen
Dm7: x x 0 2 1 1 Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0
I got this off some archive awhile ago, can't remember which. Here are
the chord changes.
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Readable chord sheet for Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
I[Am]t's four in the morning, t[F]he end of December I[Dm7]'m writing you now just[Em7] to see if you're better N[Am]ew York is cold, but I l[F]ike where I'm living T[Dm7]here's music on Clinton[Em7] Street all through the evening I[Am] hear that you're bui[Bm]lding your little hous[Am]e deep in the deser[Bm]t Y[Am]ou're living for not[G]hing now I[Am] hope you're keeping some kind of r[G]ecord CHORUS Y[C]es, and Jane came by with a lock [G]of your hair S[Am]he said that you gave it to her T[Bm]hat n[G]ight that you planned to go clear D[F]id you ever go clear[Em7]? A[Am]h, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train And you came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife CHORUS W[C]ell I see you there with the rose in [G]your teeth O[Am]ne more thin gypsy thief W[Bm]ell I[G] se[F]e Jane's awake [Em7]she sends her regards And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say? I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free CHORUS Y[C]es, and thanks, for the trou[G]ble you took from her eyes I[Am] thought it was there for g[G]ood so I never tried A[C]nd Jane came by with a lock of you[G]r hair S[Am]he said that you gave it to her T[Bm]hat n[G]ight that you planned to go clear S[F]incerely, L Cohe[Em7]n Dm7: x x 0 2 1 1 Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0 I got this off some archive awhile ago, can't remember which. Here are the chord changes. [Am] [F] [Dm7] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm7] [G] [F] [F] [F] [G] [Dm7] [Dm7] [Dm7] [G] [C] [C] [C] [C] [G] [G] [G] [G] [Am7] [Am7] [Am7] [Am7] [G] [G] [G] [G] [Dm7] [G]